Does plea bargaining work?

[saaby93]

Remember the 66 yr old guy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-209593...
The article says it's easiest to plea bargain - admit guilt for a reasonable sentence than try to stand up to it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20091548

Would pleading guilty when you're not, be liable to a charge of Peverting course of Justice in UK?

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saaby93 said:

Would pleading guilty when you're not, be liable to a charge of Peverting course of Justice in UK?

If it did then the CPS would be up for entrapment surely!

[davepoth]

No. Plea bargaining usually involves pleading guilty to either the charged offence, or a lesser version of the offence, to secure a lesser sentence. We don't have it in the UK, but there's 1/3 off for an early plea, and the CPS will sometimes have a "quiet word" when there's a possibility of copping a plea for a lesser charge.